Short Narratives and Animated Stores
8:00 - 9:15 pM
The Bloch Learning & Performance Hall
HR & B
Ron Scott
Year: 2026
Run Time: 12:15
Country: United States
Synopsis: Coworkers try and figure out a fool proof way to talk to women.
… don’t forget the music
Second Hand Ghouls
PJ Gaynard | Minda Briley, co-writer and co-producer
Year: 2026
Run Time: 6:34
Country: United States
Synopsis: When a man can't submit anymore job applications two finger puppets materialize on to him and demand he talk to another person for sixty seconds.
Five Stars
Trinity Love Rollins
Year: 2025
Run Time: 4:44
Country: United States
Synopsis:
When Julia takes on an outrageous delivery request, she comes face to face with an outlandish mystery character, and ends up in over her head even moreso than expected.
Bio:
Trinity Rollins is a filmmaker from Fairmont, WV. She received her BA in Video Production from Marshall University in December 2024. Since then, she has worked as a filmmaking fellow with The Warhol Academy in Pittsburgh, PA, and is now back in her hometown working as an assistant producer & social media manager for the full-service production company, Mtn Craft. Her greatest passions lie in pre-production, screenwriting, directing, and manning the camera on set.
Pongo, Spike, And Tyke
Meysam Shamsi
Year: 2023
Run Time: 12:00
Country: Iran
Synopsis: Female puppies, upon birth, must be immediately buried so that the male puppies may survive...
Bio: Meysam Shamsi, born in December 2001, is a filmmaker known for his short films For Sheida, No One Is Home, and Pongo, Spike & Tyke. He was nominated for the Silver Award at the 11th India International Children’s Film Festival and won Best Film at the 6th Hilltop Short Film Festival in the United States.
Going Home
Hunter Reardon, Peter Berinato
Year: 2026
Run Time: 2:39
Country: United States
Synopsis: A short odyssey.
Vendetta
Dylan Anglin
Year: 2025
Run Time: 9:12
Country: United States
Synopsis: After the sudden and violent death of his father, Frankie questions how far he's willing to go for retribution and the consequences that come with it.
Pandora’s Greenhouse
Adrian Manuel Pijoan
Year: 2025
Run Time: 11:02
Country: United States
Synopsis: An experiment in a botany lab goes horribly wrong when two researchers attempt to communicate with plants.
Bio: Adrian Pijoan is a Mexican-American filmmaker and visual artist. He has written and directed several films including Pandora’s Greenhouse (2025) and Slow Dance (2022). Adrian has exhibited art internationally and worked extensively in Central and South America as an artist, including participating in SOMA in Mexico City, solo exhibitions at galleries in Mexico City and Lima, and collaboration with the Virreina program in Bogotá. He received his MFA in Art and Ecology from the University of New Mexico.
St. Jude’s Reply
David Golden
Year: 2025
Run Time: 12:07
Country: United States
Synopsis: Imprisoned for life for a crime that outraged the world, a respected physician is visited by a young woman who confronts her with questions about her actions, questions that lead to the secret behind the doctor's choices and the possibility of redemption.
Service Bus
Mikael Lødemel
Year: 2025
Run Time: 3:34
Country: Denmark
Synopsis: We all know the service button on airplanes—but what about the ones on buses? When a bored traveler stumbles upon one, his curiosity gets the better of him. But with only the bus driver on duty, pressing it might lead to unexpected consequences.
Bio: Elmer is an animation director and creator from Norway who graduated from The Animation Workshop in 2025 with the film Service Bus.
He strives to spread joy through telling comedic stories along with well-composed images.
Papa
Florias Welch Gallay
Year: 2026
Run Time: 3:50
Country: Switzerland
Synopsis: An elderly woman, on the threshold of death, prepares to reunite with her father. We accompany her in this reunion through a poetic and spiritual film.
American Pizza: A 48 Hour Film Project
Will Radan
Year: 2025
Run Time: 10:29
Country: United States
Synopsis: While participating in a 48 Hour Film Project, a group of young filmmakers decide to prank the pizza delivery man
